Guideline for Blood Donations in SF Bay Area. This is the most complete summary I've seen, most web site do not have the complete info

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(before you donate, please mention (with a smile) that

your blood is mad cow free) They might laugh at you

now, but not in the near future.

 

Donation Eligibility Guidelines

For further information call 1-888-393-GIVE

 

General requirements

 

Age: 17 (16 year-olds can donate with written

permission of parent or guardian).

Weight: At least 110 pounds

Diet: A well-balanced meal is recommended within four

hours of donation.

Health: General good health

Identification: Valid identification such as a

driver's license, DMV identification card, passport,

social security number, etc.

 

 

Do not donate if any of the following applies to you:

 

* You are a man who has had sex with another man one

or more times since 1977.

* You are a past or present intravenous drug abuser.

* You are a man or woman who has given or received

money or drugs for engaging in sex since 1977.

* You are a person with hemophilia who has received

clotting factor concentrates.

* You have been a sexual partner of any of the above,

within the past 12 months.

 

* AIDS: You are a person with symptoms or laboratory

evidence of HIV infection.

* Cancer: Hematological, ie: Hodgkin, Leukemia,

Lymphomas; any cancer requiring chemotherapy.

* Hepatitis: A history of the disease after the age of

11, or a positive lab test for the virus.

* Organ Failure: Kidney, lung or liver failure.

* Recreational Drug Use (by injection): Having

injected yourself with drugs not prescribed by a

physician.

* United Kingdom: You have visited or lived in

England, Scottland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of

Man or Channel Islands for a total of 6 months or more

from 1980 thru 1996.

 

You may need to wait before donation if you have any

of these conditions:

 

* Allergy: No wait unless suffering from an allergy

attack

* Abortion/Miscarriage: 6 week wait if pregnancy

terminated in third trimester, otherwise no wait

* Acupuncture: Depends on type of sterilization

technique used

* Alcohol Consumption: No wait unless intoxicated

* Anemia (past diagnosis): No wait if corrected

* Blood donation, Apheresis: 48 hours

* Blood donation, Whole: 8 weeks

* Cancer treated surgically or with radiation: 5 years

* Cold: No wait if no sore throat or fever

* Cough: No wait if no sore throat or fever

* Sore Throat: Until well, no symptoms

* Diabetes: No wait if medically controlled

* Ear and Body Piercing: See Acupuncture

* Electrolysis: See Acupuncture

* Gonorrhea: 1 year

* Heart Disease:

-Angina or heart attack (M. I.) (no heart medication):

1 year

-Angioplasty or bypass surgery (no heart medication):

1 year

* Hepatitis Contact: Depends on type

* Herpes: Free of fever systemic symptoms

* High Blood Pressure: No wait if medically controlled

* Malaria: 3 years

-immigration from malarial area: 3 years

-travel to malarial area: 1 year

* Pregnancy: 6 week wait after delivery

* Recent Surgery: When released from MDÕs care

* Syphilis: 1 year

* Tattoo: 1 year

 

Immunizations/Vaccines (shots):

 

* Flu/Pneumonia Vaccine: No wait

* MMR: 4 weeks

* Rubeola (measles), Yellow Fever, Mumps and Oral

Polio: 2 weeks

* Rubella (German measles): 4 weeks

* Hepatitis A and B: No wait

* TB Skin Test: 48 hours

* Tetanus, Diphtheria, Typhoid and Cholera: No wait

* Varicella (Chicken Pox): 4 weeks

* Allergy shots: No wait

 

Medications:

* Accutane: 1 month

* Allergy Medications: No wait

* Antibiotics: After last dose

* Flagyl: No wait

* High Blood Pressure Medicine: No wait

* Oral Contraceptives: No wait

* Propecia: 1 month

* Proscar: 1 month

* Tegison (for psoriasis): Permanently deferred

* Tetracycline for acne: No wait

* Vitamins: No wait

 

 

 

 

 

 

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